Derrick’s POVWatching Salara move across the training grounds as if she has been battling her whole life was a major turn on. Not just for me, but for every unmated wolf in the vicinity. Power is a sought after attribute in the werewolf community, with the most power beings drawing the most attention. While Salara’s good looks had drawn in quite the crowd before today, her display of power has surely increased that crowd exponentially. Hunter and I will be spending a lot of time in the future fighting off those that wish to take our Luna away from us. Werewolves like her are hard to find and many will want her. The aura that is surrounding my fierce Luna is strong enough to rival many Alpha’s that I have come across. No one that comes across her will believe that she is a made wolf. With her strength and the fact that she can apparently shift into her wolf whenever she pleases, everyone will assume she was born into this life. Pride swells in my chest as I gaze over at my angry Lu
Derrick’s POVI lay in the grass beside Salara, basking in the emotions that I can feel coming through our mate bond. The sudden influx of feelings that do not belong to either me or Hunter is strange, but in a good way. I never thought it was possible to feel closer to Salara than I already have, but apparently I was wrong. “Are you upset?” Salara’s soft spoken voice breaks through my happy thoughts, drawing my attention to where she lays to my left.My brows raise in confusion, not sure why she would think that I would be upset. Daphne had that coming for a long time and I am more proud of my mate than I have ever been for standing up for herself. It was important that she showed the blood thirsty wolves that she can and will stand up for herself. “Daphne had that coming and I feel nothing but pride after watching you put her in her place.” A husky chuckle rumbles up my chest. “Well, pride and arousal because watching you out there was a major turn on.”Salara’s head snaps in my d
Derrick’s POV“Where’s mom?” Miguel shifts on the bench seat in front of me, his eyes scanning the constant flow of people entering the field where his soccer game is being held. Snickers can be heard from his teammates at his question, his teammates still not believing that he in fact does have a mother. “She will be here.” I tell him with the best reassuring smile my face can muster. I can tell that my face has failed me by the increase of worry that appears on his sweet little innocent face. Once again trying to reach out through mind link with Salara, I start to worry that maybe she didn’t wake up from her nap in time. Not that I could blame her for over sleeping, she did use a lot of energy just a few hours ago, but it causes guilt to fill me because I was supposed to head back and make sure that she woke up in time. “Daddy Derrick!” The sweet sound of Hayden’s energetic voice pulls me from my concentration as I try to reach her mother one last time. A warm smile fills my feat
Salara’s POVOnce all of the adrenaline has left my system from the sudden appearance of strange wolves, the reality of what I have just done weighs heavily on my mind. I am not a violent person and I never would have thought myself capable of harming another person, but I found out today that I am capable of doing much worse. Staring down at the unseeing eyes of the wolf turned into a young woman, the impact of her unnecessary death hits me hard. I am the one responsible for taking away her future and the future of the other wolves that I have killed on this day. The tears come easily to my eyes as I throw myself against Derrick’s warm fur. The guilt of taking lives is like a boulder laying heavily against my chest. I didn’t mean for things to go that far, but when Leigh told me that danger was coming, I couldn’t stop myself from reacting towards the threat. We stand like that for what feels like hours, but who knows how long it actually was. Leigh has been whispering encouraging
Derrick’s POV“What in the hell is the Alpha heir of the Blood Moon Pack doing attacking our pack with a group of wolves?” The sound of the door slamming behind me causes those in the room to jump in surprise, not expecting the sudden sound. A frown settles on Charles’ face when he turns to look in my direction. I make my way across the large room with quick strides, taking my place at the conference table with more force than I had intended. I didn’t want to show my anger and fear in front of Salara, but now that she has gone to check on the children, I can let loose the emotions that are swirling around inside of me. “That is not all, Alpha.” The hesitancy in Charles’ voice irritates me, earning a displeased growl in response. Charles turns his head in submission before carrying on. “We found the Beta from the Crescent Moon Pack among the bodies of the dead as well.”My fists reach out and slam against the table loudly without me intending for it to happen. The Elders in attendanc
Derrick’s POVA curse leaves my lips the moment my eyes land on Salara’s horrified face. I wasn’t expecting her to join me in my office, something that I would normally be ecstatic about, but in this situation I would have rathered that she stayed in our suite. “I can’t stay here.” Salara murmurs before she turns to walk back out of my office door. I jump from my seat quickly, reaching the door before she is able to take a step outside. She turns her tear-filled eyes in my direction, a pleading look written on her face. “Please.” She whispers out, leaving me unsure just what she is pleading with me for. I reach out to grab hold of her, thankful that she doesn’t fight me when I pull her in close to my chest. Her arms reach up to wrap around my waist, a heartbreaking sob escaping from her lips. “I don’t want to be responsible for more lives lost.”Deep down I can understand the pain that she is feeling at this moment, and even her desire to take the danger away with her, but the selfi
Salara’s POVI zoned out during the remainder of Derrick’s meeting, my thoughts lost in the back and forth with Leigh. She is dead set against us ignoring the Alpha that resides inside of Henry, meanwhile I don’t want to do anything to make Derrick question my feelings for him. We wasted a lot of time thanks to Henry, and I don’t want to put him right back in the middle of a love triangle. At some point Leigh finally stopped pestering me and wandered off into the back of my mind to pout, but that didn’t help with my concentration one bit. I can’t deny that a small part of my heart skips whenever I think of the nice Henry that I came in contact with in recent weeks, but those thoughts only bring about more guilt than I know how to handle. Derrick’s hand on my shoulder startles me out of my thoughts and to my surprise, we are the only two left in his office. I run my eyes around his empty office as if my looking around would make everyone magically reappear. “Mom is keeping the kids
Salara’s POVFingers move slowly up my leg, starting at my feet and making their way up until they reach my inner thigh. Shivers run through my body creating more heat to pool between my legs and fragranting the room with the smell of my arousal. With my eyes covered and my hands tied up, it has caused my other senses to go on overdrive. The feel of Derrick’s fingers against my skin is magnified tenfold, sending even more of those delicious sparks to course through my system with every gentle touch of his fingers. The absence of my eyes has heightened my hearing, allowing me to tune in to the smallest of movements from my Alpha that I normally wouldn’t catch. Meanwhile, my nose was picking up every scent that clings to his God-like body. From the smell of sweat that lingers from training this morning, to the pre-cum that has coated the tip of his cock from his excitement.Never would I have ever thought that my senses could be so tuned in to the world around me, but ever since givin